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Reference number

Adam vol.56/8

Purpose

Capriccio showing a pavilion, probably octagonal, with three Venetian windows between semi-engaged columns surmounted by a domed and balustraded roof. The pavilion is in a landscape setting, with figures both on and beside a lake.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in red ink 8

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably early 1750s.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, watercolour253 x 367

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

The composition here may be compared with that in Adam vol.56/5, with a similar design by James Adam dated 1755, ( see j. Fleming, Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh & Rome, London, 1962, pl.32) and with designs of a similar date by Robert Adam (see BA 225). The informal landscape here is typical of Robert Adam's taste in the 1750s, which was based on prints rather than on topographical observation.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009

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